Test 16 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…
did u hear a kid ran through a restaurant kitchen and "knocked a whole pot of soup on the chef". lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, run, knock · To what, where: lesson, restaurant kitchen, whole pot, chef · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | ccomp |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 kitchen | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kitchen | det |
| 9 | restaurant | restaurant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kitchen | compound |
| 10 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 knocked | cc |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 knocked | punct |
| 13 | knocked | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 pot | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 pot | amod |
| 16 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 knocked | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 soup | case |
| 18 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pot | nmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 chef | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 chef | det |
| 21 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 knocked | obl |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 knocked | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 24 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | lesson | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | a kid | a restaurant kitchen | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through kitchen=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | knock in a quote | past | u not said here | a whole pot of soup | the chef | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pot=Theme on chef=Destination |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
Only adults get burnt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 adults | advmod |
| 2 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | adults | burnt property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never run in restaurants; hot food and sharp things cause burns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 run | advmod |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 restaurants | case |
| 4 | restaurants | restaurant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 food | punct |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 food | amod |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cause | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 things | cc |
| 9 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 things | amod |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 food | conj |
| 11 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 run | advcl |
| 12 | burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cause | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | imperative | you not said here | restaurants | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in restaurant=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | cause | present | hot food and sharp things | burns | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition burn=Patient |
Option 3
Running is fine as long as you're quick and dodge the waiters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 long | advmod |
| 5 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 quick | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 quick | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 quick | cop |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 long | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dodge | cc |
| 11 | dodge | dodge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fine | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 waiters | det |
| 13 | waiters | waiter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 dodge | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | fine, long property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | dodge | infinitive | the waiters | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent waiter=Location |
Option 4
Kitchens are safe in the evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitchens | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 evening | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 evening | det |
| 6 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Kitchens | evening | safe property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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